Updated 31st January 2025: Mangawhai and the surrounding areas over the years has had its fair share of severe weather . Again they have...

It's now 3 years on since the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai 'VEI 6' submarine explosion that reached 57km into the mesosphere, sending...

It is time to say good-bye to 2024 in what was a quieter year of weather and geological events for upper North Island compared to the...

Less than a year old, low resolution AI based weather models are already defeating physic based super computing models within a 7 day...

The early arrival of the polar jet stream has given the upper North Island the coolest March since 2012. Our climate station only started...

The rare 'Fallstreak hole' formation appeared in a group of cirrocumulus clouds this week over the upper North Island . It was caused by...

It's been 2 years since the largest volcanic eruption of the 21st century (so far), occurred at the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, submarine...

It is time to say good-bye to 2023 in what was a year of notable historical weather events for upper North Island. We will finish the...

A waterspout touched down into the Gulf this morning off Orewa with the sunrise making the funnel glisten. Waterspouts are more common...

The rare 'Asperitas clouds' arriving over the upper North Island on Friday. The cloud type was officially added to the International...

After starting as a tropical depression on October 17th 1200km to the north east of Vanuatu, a tropical low was given the name 01U on...

18 months on since the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption, the global surface temperature is +0.13°c above January 2022....

Last night's Auckland thunderstorm produced a direct hit on the Sky tower caught on our live webcam. A negative charged downward streamer...

Cyclone Gabrielle will go down as one of the most devastating weather events in New Zealand's modern history which affected many parts of...

The term 'Marangai' means east wind, also meaning a storm, or bad weather. However, in some districts, Marangai means the north wind. It...

It’s 12 months today since the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai major volcanic eruption that sent atmospheric shock waves and tsunamis across...

After starting as a tropical depression (93P) on January 4th in Far North Queensland, late on 8th January a tropical storm 07P over the...

It is time to say good-bye to 2022. We will finish the year with a partly cloudy day in the mid 20’s with maybe some isolated showers and...

A strong squall line on a frontal boundary motored across the Upper North Island on the last day of November which finished out a very...

Another parade of thunderstorms moved across the upper North Island as the unusually stormy November continues. One particular...